diff --git a/l3build-ctan.lua b/l3build-ctan.lua
index 167cd33..71ab231 100644
--- a/l3build-ctan.lua
+++ b/l3build-ctan.lua
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ function copyctan()
     copyfiles(tab,docfiledir)
   end
   copyfiles(sourcefiles,sourcefiledir)
-  for _,file in pairs(textfiles) do
-    cp(file, textfiledir, pkgdir)
-  end
 
 end